Continuous Improvement Manager

Job description

Position Christian Dior Couture, the House of Dreams, is renowned worldwide for its unique savoir-faire and the explosive creativity that come together within our métiers of excellence. Our Maison is a place where we foster growth and seek individuals who have the courage to dare and succeed. Join us and shape your future in a pleasant, dynamic, and inclusive environment, where we create and pass on excellence with determination, courage, and optimism.

Drive operational efficiency, cost reduction, and enhanced quality and customer satisfaction by fostering a culture of operational excellence across leather goods operations. Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on loss identification, production flow optimization, materials performance, and productivity enhancement, while ensuring the deployment of robust methodologies, tools, and best practices. Job responsibilities Lead the continuous improvement strategy across leather goods operations to improve productivity, quality, service, and cost performance.

Foster a culture of operational excellence through structured problem-solving, performance discipline, and continuous capability building. Identify operational losses, inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and non-value-added activities across production flows, and define actions to eliminate them. Optimize end-to-end production flows to improve lead times, workshop efficiency and service level. Identify, formalize, and disseminate best practices across teams, workshops, and sites to ensure consistency and scalability of improvements.

Act as the owner of materials and productivity performance, with a strong focus on leather consumption, scrap reduction, and resource efficiency. Monitor material usage and productivity performance versus targets, analyze deviations, and lead corrective and preventive action plans. Animate and coordinate the local Continuous Improvement team, setting priorities, building competencies, and ensuring execution of the improvement roadmap.

Lead the manufacturing transformation project, ensuring governance, cross-functional alignment, milestone delivery, risk management, and achievement of expected business impact. Define, monitor, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) related to productivity, materials and cost; propose and track corrective action plans where needed. Identify and evaluate new approaches, tools, and technologies that can accelerate process innovation, improve industrial performance, or enhance operational visibility.

Implement a structured value analysis routine to identify optimization opportunities, challenge cost drivers, and generate sustainable savings.

Profile Hard Skills

Continuous Improvement Methodologies: deep expertise in Lean Management, Six Sigma (Black Belt certification), Kaizen, and other relevant process improvement frameworks Data Analysis and Metrics: proficiency in statistical analysis, data visualization, and the use of tools to identify trends, measure performance, and track improvements Process Mapping and Value Stream Analysis: ability to map current processes, identify waste, and design optimized future states using tools like Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Project Management

strong project management skills to lead and manage multiple improvement initiatives simultaneously Root Cause Analysis: expertise in techniques such as 5 Whys, Fishbone diagrams, and FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) to identify underlying problems Additional information Soft Skills: Leadership and Influence : ability to inspire, motivate, and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority, influencing stakeholders at all levels

Communication : excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex ideas, present findings, facilitate workshops, and engage employees Problem-Solving : strong analytical and critical thinking skills to diagnose complex issues and develop effective, sustainable solutions Strategic Thinking : ability to link continuous improvement initiatives to broader business objectives and organizational strategy

Facilitation : skilled in leading group discussions, workshops, and brainstorming sessions to drive consensus and generate ideas Resilience and Adaptability : persistence in overcoming obstacles and adapting to changing priorities and organizational needs Gross annual salary of at least €70.000 CCNL Pelli e Cuoio Cross-Functional Collaboration : ability to work effectively across different departments and functions to achieve common goals

Career development Soft Skills: Leadership and Influence : ability to inspire, motivate, and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority, influencing stakeholders at all levels Communication : excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate complex ideas, present findings, facilitate workshops, and engage employees Problem-Solving : strong analytical and critical thinking skills to diagnose complex issues and develop effective, sustainable solutions

Strategic Thinking : ability to link continuous improvement initiatives to broader business objectives and organizational strategy Facilitation : skilled in leading group discussions, workshops, and brainstorming sessions to drive consensus and generate ideas Resilience and Adaptability : persistence in overcoming obstacles and adapting to changing priorities and organizational needs Gross annual salary of at least €70.000 CCNL Pelli e

Cuoio Cross-Functional Collaboration : ability to work effectively across different departments and functions to achieve common goals